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#!/usr/bin/env lua

local heights = {}
for i = string.byte('a'),string.byte('z') do
	heights[string.char(i)] = i - string.byte('a')
end
heights.S, heights.E = heights.a, heights.z

local map = {}
local seen, unseen = {},{}
local endpos
for line in io.lines() do
	map[#map+1] = {}
	for char in line:gmatch("(.)") do
		table.insert(map[#map],{height = heights[char], wts = math.huge})
		if char == "S" then
			start = {#map,#map[#map]}
			map[#map][#map[#map]].wts = 0
		elseif char == "E" then
			endpos = {#map,#map[#map]}
		elseif char == "a" then
			table.insert(unseen, {#map,#map[#map]})
			map[#map][#map[#map]].wts = 0
		end
	end
end
local adjacents = {{-1,0},{1,0},{0,-1},{0,1}}
while #unseen > 0 do
	local vertex = table.remove(unseen,1)
	local data = map[vertex[1]][vertex[2]]
	for _, offset in pairs(adjacents) do
		local row,col = vertex[1] + offset[1], vertex[2] + offset[2]
		if map[row] and map[row][col] and (map[row][col].height <= data.height + 1)  then
			local adata = map[row][col]
			if adata.wts > data.wts + 1 then
				adata.wts = data.wts + 1
				table.insert(unseen,{row,col})
			end
		end
	end
end
print(map[endpos[1]][endpos[2]].wts)